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Pretty soon Ivy's worked her way into the family unit and gotten Darryl twisted around her little finger.

Sylvie can barely communicate with her gruff father, Darryl (Skerritt) and her ailing mother, Georgie (Ladd). Homely young Sylvie Cooper ( Roseanne's Gilbert) becomes fascinated by one of her classmates, the tattooed, bleach-blonde Ivy (Barrymore). Unlike the more giallo-influenced Basic Instinct, Poison Ivy is more intimate and deliberately paced, though not without its share of exploitative elements and moments of outrageous melodrama as it eventually earns its thriller stripes.

The movie that perhaps played the largest role in the home video erotic thriller trend that exploded in the early '90s (while Basic Instinct can take credit for it in the multiplex), Poison Ivy was virtually overlooked on the big screen but became a smash hit thanks to video stores and cable TV, spawning three sequels and a host of imitators. Scream Factory (Blu-ray) (US RA HD), Warner Bros. Starring Miriam McDonald, Shawna Waldron, Ryan Kennedy, Crystal Lowe, Andrea Whitburn, Greg Evigan, Catherine Hicks Starring Jaime Pressly, Megan Edwards, Michael Des Barres, Greg Vaughan, Susan Tyrrell Starring Alyssa Milano, Johnathon Schaech, Xander Berkeley, Belinda Bauer, Camilla BelleĬolor, 1997, 94 mins. Starring Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd, Alan Stock, Jeanne SakataĬolor, 1996, 107 mins.